Maintenance strut for dock leveler

Details Maintenance strut for dock leveler Maintenance strut for dock leveler

1995-02-28

1996-08-20

Buiz, Michael Powell

Bridges

Gangway, ramp, or dock leveler

14 711, E01D 100

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055466230

ABSTRACT:
A maintenance strut assembly for supporting a dock leveler in a maintenance position, the leveler being disposed above a dock platform surface and including a receiving opening, the strut assembly comprising a strut member adapted to be oriented in a supporting orientation between the leveler and a base member, and receivable within the receiving opening, the strut member including a lower portion and an upper portion extending above the top surface of the leveler in the maintenance position, a base member fixed beneath the leveler, the base member maintaining the strut member in a supporting orientation; and a supporting member fixed to the strut member and positioned along the strut member to engage the bottom surface of the leveler in the maintenance position to prevent downward movement of the leveler.

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